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		<title>Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mount Vernon, WA - When the calender turns to the month of April that is the sign for Tulips in Skagit County through out the Mount Vernon and La Conner areas. This year the Skagit Tulip Festival is celebrating it&#8217;s 25th anniversary and with the warm weather it should be a great festival this year. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/04/02/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/</link>
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		<title>Ferndale WA Forms Olympic Adhoc Committee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ferndale WA - According to the Ferndale Record Journal the city of Ferndale has formed an adhoc Olympic Committee in an effort to identify marketing ideas to attract visitors during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The Winter Olympics will be held in British Columbia from February 12-28, 2010. Following the Winter Olympics will be the Vancouver Paralympic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/28/ferndale-wa-olympic-committee/</link>
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		<title>Home Purchase or Keep Paying Landlord&#8217;s Mortgage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read some interesting stats put out by the goverment that showed what renters accumulated in assets vs home owner appreciation gains over a ten year period. The Department of Commerce reports that between 1995 and 2004, the average renter accumulated a little over $4,000 in net worth. The average homeowner accumulated $184,400. That translates into $180,000 more, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/24/buying-a-home-vs-renting/</link>
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		<title>Whatcom County Home Buying Opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bellingham, WA -  With a strong local economy and favorable home buying conditions this  will prove to be a good time to buy or sell a home. There&#8217;s just too many economic conditions in place for home buyers, that are positioned to purchase a home, to ignore any longer.
Now is a good time to buy and sell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/22/whatcom-county-home-buying/</link>
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		<title>Whatcom Native Plant Sale Saturday March 22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatcom County, WA - The Whatcom Conservation District&#8217;s 15th annual Native Plant Sale will be held Saturday, March 22, in Bellingham. The event will be from 9 am to 4 pm in Cordata at the Community Food C0-0p&#8217;s second store location, Westerly Road and Cordata Parkway.
Those who visit will find 40 different species of native trees, shrub [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/21/whatcom-annual-native-plant-sale/</link>
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		<title>Fannie, Freddie Mortgage Help On the Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Government announced Wednesday that it is freeing up billions of dollars at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, so that the two companies can help homeowners refinance mortgages on the brink of default. This will have a huge impact over the next year to help homeowners get out from under these tough loans of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/19/fannie-freddie-mortage-help-coming/</link>
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		<title>Fed Cuts Rates 3/4 Point to 2.25%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fed&#8217;s action lowers the funds rate to 2.25 percent, the lowest since February 2005, and comes two days after the central bank announced the latest in a series of emergency measures to stem a fast-spreading global financial crisis. The Fed has now cut rates by 3 percentage points since mid-September, including 2 points since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/18/fed-cuts-rates-to-225/</link>
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		<title>Bellingham Real Estate Market Spring 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bellingham, WA - March is traditionally when homeowners thinking of selling their homes prepare their property for listing in the local Whatcom County real estate market. The winter holidays are usually the slowest time of the year because of the cold weather and holiday events. As soon as buds start to appear on trees it seems to be the real beginning of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/17/bellingham-real-estate-market-spring-2008/</link>
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		<title>Wikipedia Launches Real Estate Wiki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The real estate industry launched last week it&#8217;s version of an online encyclopedia called the Real Estate Wiki. A collection of real estate professionals got together and created the brand new wiki to provide a information on the real estate business in one place.
The new real estate wiki includes real estate definitions, frequently asked questions about home selling, home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/14/wikipedia-launches-real-estate-wiki/</link>
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		<title>Orca Whale Watching on Orcas Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Orcas Island, WA - Rosario Resort is offering summer weekends dedicated to whale watching and education in partnership with the Orca Network, a nonprofit group dedicated to promoting healthy and safe habitat for Pacific Northwest cetaceans. After a boat excursion in search of orca pods, guests will take part in a workshop hosted by the Orca [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northwestliving.net/2008/03/12/orca-whale-watching-on-orcas-island/</link>
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